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November 27, 2012

More Robots Taking Our Jobs

Sebastian Anthony, Extreme Tech


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If a recent trio of robotics and AI announcements are anything to go by, Judgment Day — the futuristic apocalypse in Terminator where computers and robots become self-aware and wage war on humans — is creeping ever closer to reality.

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